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Ep 15: Jurassic Park and Pinburgh with Martin Robbins!

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Martin Robbins is in Utah and you know we couldn't let him leave without stopping by and saying "hello"!

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Highlights

  • Jurassic Park has received virtually universal acclaim with minimal substantive criticism, unlike nearly every other recent release
  • Keith Elwin has designed two consecutive games (Iron Maiden and Jurassic Park) that are both highly praised
  • Jurassic Park eschews movie clip integration in favor of theme immersion, making it feel more like a video game experience
  • Keith Elwin deliberately avoided scoops in both Iron Maiden and Jurassic Park because he prefers continuous ball movement
  • Jurassic Park LE versions sold out very quickly (within a week), with distributors requesting additional allocations
  • The Kinetic Newton ball feature in Jurassic Park is novel and hasn't been used on other games in the same way

Notable quotes

“Keith has reinvented the way that we play pinball in the fact that a lot of people have demanded that we relive the experiences of what we're playing... This is like transporting you into the game and making you a part of Jurassic Park.”
Scott Larson
“Yeah, I don't like things that slow the ball down. I like continuous movement in balls”
Keith Elwin (quoted)
“I think it's because people, if they're not in a position to buy one, they want to feel comfortable with the fact that they can't buy it.”
Martin Robbins
“It's not like you could re-theme Jurassic Park and say, hey, this is now Golden Girls. There's just so many elements to that game, it feels like it was made and integrated with Jurassic Park.”
Scott Larson
“Keith has shown that you can do something different that is still familiar to people.”
Josh Roop
“I will take the sound over the video clips any day.”
Josh Roop

Entities

  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Pinburgh· event
  • Archer· game
  • Data East Jurassic Park· game
  • Deadpool· game
  • Ghostbusters· game
  • Iron Maiden· game
  • Jurassic Park· game
  • Medieval Madness· game
  • Scarry Stiff· game
  • Star Wars Pinball· game
  • Willy Wonka· game
  • Head2Head Pinball· organization
  • Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Brian Eddy· person
  • Josh Roop· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Martin Robbins· person
  • Scott Larson· person
  • Steve Ritchie· person

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